Monument record MDO43642 - Royal Observer Corps Site, Fontmell Magna

The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site was built as part of an extensive network of posts designed to confirm and report hostile aircraft and nuclear attacks on the United Kingdom. It was opened in February 1962 and the post was closed in September 1991. The site was found to be in a fair condition at the time of the Defence of Britain survey. The site was located underground in a small rectangular compound on a field boundary on top of Elbury Hill, 120 yards south of un-named road.

The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site was built as a part of an extensive network of posts designed to confirm and report hostile aircraft and nuclear attacks on the United Kingdom. The site was found to be in a fair condition at the time of the Defence of Britain survey. <1>

It was opened in February 1962 and the post was closed in September 1991. The site was located underground in a small rectangular compound on a field boundary on top of Elbury Hill, 120 yards south of un-named road. <2>

<1> World Wide Web page at ;http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm (Digital archive). SDO17704.

<2> Higginbotham, P, 2000, World Wide Web page andlt;http://www.workhouses.org.uk/, Subterranea Britannica. 1998-2007 (Digital archive). SDO17705.

<http://www.subbrit.org.uk> [Accessed 06-JUN-2007]

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, DEB01 (Index). SDO14738.

Defence of Britain: This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.Box files containing the record sheets gathered from participants in the Defence of Britain Project. The project recorded, with the help of volunteers, the remains of military structures in Britain. The collection is arranged by county and split between anti-invasion and non anti-invasion defences. The record sheets record the visible structures and include location details, structure type and purpose and include photographs.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1414168 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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